Bore Queen

26.02.1986 - 26.03.1986
11.04.1986 - 20.05.1986
01.07.1986 - 09.09.1986
23.09.1986 - 14.01.1987

Ordinary Seaman
m/s Bore Queen

Bore Queen (unknown photographer)

Fortuna

21.08.1985 - 05.09.1985

Ordinary seaman

m/s Fortuna

Fortuna

Bore Sun

14.06.1985 - 20.07.1985 OS

04.10.1985 - 13.12.1985 OS

02.01.1986 - 10.01.1986 OS

24.01.1986 - 31.01.1986 OS

04.04.1986 - 10.04.1986 OS

13.02.1987 - 08.05.1987 OS

29.05.1987 - 12.06.1987 OS

26.06.1987 - 10.07.1987 OS

31.07.1987 - 21.08.1987 OS

04.09.1987 - 11.09.1987 AB

12.09.1987 - 25.09.1987 OS

16.10.1987 - 30.10.1987 AB

06.11.1987 - 13.11.1987 Engine apprentice

14.11.1987 - 20.11.1987 AB

21.11.1987 - 27.11.1987 AB

04.12.1987 - 18.12.1987 AB

19.12.1987 - 30.12.1987 Engine apprentice

31.12.1987 - 15.01.1988 OS

01.02.1988 - 20.02.1988 AB

Ordinary seaman

Able Seaman

Carpenter

Engine apprentice

m/s Bore Sun

LOA 150 m

GT 10762

Bore Sun (by Tommy Gjerling)

School - General rating

In 1984 I was completing my basic schooling from class 9 at St. Olofsskolan i Åbo. It was the only Swedish speaking school in my hometown and all with Swedish as mother tongue was attending this school. Even some Finnish speaking parents opted to put their kids through Swedish school so they would learn the language. Anyway, towards the last semester the study coordinator started briefing us kids of where to go and start higher studies.

Åbo Navigations Institut

Lita

Having been attending to Bore King and Borea for works we were then sent to m/v Lita, managed by Henry Nielsen LLC, a company originally founded in 1923 by Nielsen who was from Denmark and a Swedish partner Gustaf Thorden. Eventually the partners separated but Nielsen continued with the management and chartering business. He successfully continued to manage ships for different companies but in the end of 70's the market conjunctures went south for bulk and cargoes so in the beginning of the 80's the ships were sold off and flagged out in short order. It was at this time I went to school deciding for a career in an industry that was flailing.

 

m/v Lita at Long Beach Roads 1983, photo by Raimo Mäkinen

s/s Borea

As I was attending rating school at Åbo Navigationsinstitut 1984-1985 (today Aboa Mare) we were also arranged to go work on an old steamship "Borea" operated by Aura Line in order to get a feel for ships and conditions working onboard + of course to help the crew there with maintenance.

s/s Borea (courtesy Ålands sjofart magazine)

Bore King

When I was doing my General rating school back in 1984-1985 we were sent as apprentices for one trip on various Finnish cargo ships, usually a roundtrip lasted for a week or so. I was with another 3 guys sent to Bore King and as I remember we embarked in Helsinki and sailed for Kotka - Gothenburg - Helsingborg and back to Helsinki. 

Bore King (by unknown)